cobarde

/[koˈβ̞aɾð̞e]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,272

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

cobarde is anSpanishadj. It means: Que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas; que tiene temor a los riesgos o exceso de prudencia. Pronounced [koˈβ̞aɾð̞e]. It ranks #7,272 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cobre and colarse.

Key facts for cobarde
PropertyValue
Headwordcobarde
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[koˈβ̞aɾð̞e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,272
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cobarde in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cobarde is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [koˈβ̞aɾð̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,272 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for cobarde, with forms such as "cboarde", "ccobarde", and "coabrde". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cobre", "colarse", "cobardes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is cobarde, spelled C-O-B-A-R-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas; que tiene temor a los riesgos o exceso de prudencia.
  2. 2
    Propio o prototípico de una persona cobarde₁
  3. 3
    Dícese de quien se aprovecha de los más débiles para atacarlos cruelmente por no tener valor para enfrentarse a sus pares.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cboarde,ccobarde,coabrde,cobadre,cobardde,cobared,cobarrde,cobbarde,cobrade,covarde,ocbarde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cobarde

Misspelling Variants of "cobarde"

cboarde7ccobarde8coabrde7cobadre7cobardde8cobared7cobarrde8cobbarde8
Misspelling Variants of "cobarde"

Frequency rank: #7,272 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cobarde"?
"cobarde" is spelled C-O-B-A-R-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈβ̞aɾð̞e].
What does "cobarde" mean?
As an adj, "cobarde" means: Que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas; que tiene temor a los riesgos o exceso de prudencia.
What words are commonly confused with "cobarde"?
"cobarde" is commonly confused with "cobre", "colarse", "cobardes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cobarde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cobarde" is [koˈβ̞aɾð̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cobarde" come from?
"cobarde" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.